Photo shoot: 5 tones of blue

Teal, azure, navy, baby and bright. It's no secret that we love a blue interior...we’ve delved into our photo shoot archives to share some of our favourite blue hues with you.

Here at Tom Raffield we’re firm believers there’s a blue to suit any space. Frequenting many photo shoots over the years, blue backdrops have been both a versatile and effective tool in our lifestyle photography.

Here's a round up of our top five favourite shades...

Navy Blue

Statement, confident and bold.

For this photo shoot we chose Farrow and Ball’s Hague Blue (above) as our colour of choice. Described as a ‘timeless, deep and dramatic blue’ the tone offers a celestial aesthetic and provides the perfect, contrasting backdrop for our steam bent, oak furniture pieces. The bold blue also looks great with pops of zingy, mustard yellow.

Top tip:If the idea of an entirely dark room seems a little daunting and you are worried about making your space feel enclosed or smaller, dip your toe into the dark with an accent/ feature wall to update interiors without overpowering the space.

Cool light blue

Soft, mellow, relaxing.

Strictly speaking, these blue-toned backdrops (above) were not selected by the Tom Raffield team for our Green Range photo shoot like the other blues’ in this blog. Fortunately, these beautifully soft shades were already in existence at Enys House, our photo shoot location, when we arrived. We don’t think we could have chosen airier, more suitable tones if we tried!

The left image has been colour matched to Lulworth Blue No. 89, a bright, fresh mid-blue with a delicate mood-boosting aesthetic. We’ve likened the right image to Parma Grey No. 27, a clean, light and crisp colour, reminiscent of a period drama film set.

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Tom Raffield Ltd received funding from the BIG2 Project funded from the ERDF as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020 which partly funded a new website that launched in January 2018.